Directional Antenna

[biscuit495]

Can anyone recommend a good unidirectional antenna for the 800mhz band for use with the uniden bct8? I live on a mountain with a view off so I want to be able to point the antenna at what I want to listen too. Any help would be great.

 

[Lowa2]

get a nice yagi. Like a sinclair or TACO. I recently sold a Sinclair 800 MHz Yagi, and the buyer said it was RED HOT.

Cheers.

 

[tilleyhat]

Another good choice is this Wilson Yagi 806-939 MHz. Nice and effective directional antenna:
http://www.wilsonelectronics.com////ViewProductB.php?ID=13

 

[Lowa2]

that one also looks great. Any yagi designed for the frequency will work fantastic.

 

[timmer]

The one from DPD Productions is supposed to be outstanding as well.

 

[PHOENIX_SCANNER]

+1 on the wilson yagi, mine is great, it was a real game changer for me.

 

[iMONITOR]

The one from DPD Productions is supposed to be outstanding as well.

DPD Production's antenna is a Log Periodic, not a Yagi. It looks similar but performs differently. A Log Periodic is a wide-band antenna, and more omni-directional than a Yagi. A Yagi is typically narrow band and very directional with high-gain off the front, and good rejection off the back.

But you are correct, the DPD Production 700-1000MHz LP is a great antenna.

 

[iMONITOR]

Can anyone recommend a good unidirectional antenna for the 800mhz band for use with the uniden bct8? I live on a mountain with a view off so I want to be able to point the antenna at what I want to listen too. Any help would be great.

Check your PM's, message sent.

 

[biscuit495]

Thanks for all the help.